Miyagawa Shuntei

Portrait of a Young Woman

Miyagawa Shuntei's original woodcut, "Portrait of a Young Woman" is a brilliant example his art. With classic simplicity Shuntei has delineated so much tranquillity and beauty. One should also take note of the fine tonal printing throughout the image, including the extensive blind printing on the kimono of the young woman. This original Japanese woodcut is printed upon fine mulberry paper and with full margins as published in Tokyo in 1897 by Fukuda Shojiro.

Original Woodcut by the Japanese artist, Miyagawa Shuntei.

Portrait of a Young Woman

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Title:	Portrait of a Young Woman
Artist:	Shuntei, Miyagawa (Tokyo, 1873 - 1914)
Publisher:	Fukuda Shojiro, Tokyo
Date:	1897
Medium:	Original Japanese Woodcut
Note:	Miyagawa Shuntei: As little as fifty years ago the trend with collectors of Japanese art was to reject the woodcuts of the Meiji era between (1868 & 1912) as being garish and unrefined. To be sure, the introduction of Western pigments and artistic styles (c. 1865) had created a dynamic change in Japanese art. Bold new colour patterns and equally revolutionary design concepts began to influence the art of the woodcut. Far from ruining traditional art forms, however, Meiji artists injected a vitality into the woodcut by amalgamating Japanese and Western forms. The great masters of this era -- Yoshitoshi, Chikanobu, Ginko, Miyagawa Shuntei and others -- thus created a number of beautiful images and contemporary scholarship now favourably compares their works with the art of earlier nineteenth century woodcut artists.
	The Tokyo artist, Miyagawa Shuntei, produced his finest work at the end of the nineteenth century. His two greatest series of woodcuts, Pictures of Customs and Flowers of the World of Pleasure, were both published in Tokyo in 1897. Miyagawa Shuntei's finest art was in the genre of bijin-ga; portrayals of beautiful women. In this regard, he is often regarded by scholars as a precursor to the woodcuts of the following generation of famous Shin Hanga artists such as Goyo, Shinsui and (most notably) Kotondo.
Source:	Pictures of Customs (Fuzokuga)
Size:	OBAN (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon fine mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published in Tokyo in 1897 by Fukuda Shojiro. Containing very slight surface soiling, else a very early impression with all the fine lines and colour modulations and in excellent condition throughout. This original woodcut represents a fine example of the art of Miyagawa Shuntei.
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